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SHOW CASE.

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d it UNITED STATES 'ATENT OFFICE.

`WARREN KINZY, OF PIKE, ARKANSAS.

SHOWPCASE.

sPEcTFIoATIoN forming pere of Lettere.` Patent No. 709,331, dated september 16, 1902.

i `Application filed May 21, 1902 Serial No. 108.389. (No model.) i

Be itknown that I, WARREN KINZY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pike, in thecofunty of Pike and State of Arkansas, have invented new and usefullmprovements in Show-Cases, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to improvements in show-cases; and the object is to associate and combine with thesliding closures of a show-case an alarm device for announcing the movement of the stifling closures and means for holding the slides in extended position when they `are drawn to close the case.

With these objects in View the invention embodies the novel construction of parts and their assemblage inoperative combinations, as will be hereinafter fully specified and the novelty4 claimed particularly and distinctly pointed out.

I have fully and clearly illustrated my invention` in `the accompanying drawings, whereinl Figure 1 is a plan view, partly in horizont-al section.

. of the alarm mechanism and longitudinal mechanisms contacting with ham mer-rods, an`

interposed bell to receive the strokes of the hammers, and connections to the sliding closures ot' the show-case.

More particularly describing the mechaw ism by which I attain the objects ot' my invention, A designates a show-case of any suitable construction provided with slidingclosing plates 12, running parallel with each other in groovesj 4e made in the t'loor or bottom of the case, and their outer ends engaging in vertical grooves 5 in theinnerside faces of the end posts of the show-case, as

shown in the drawings in Fig. 1. Of course the upper edges of the slides engage grooves or guide-strips of the case in theusual man- Fig. 2 is a view in vertical elevation- At the outer end of each slide is secured a plate 6, formed with a catchflug, with which a latch 7 engages to hold the slides closed.

B designates a suitable rectangular casing having end extensions 8, whereby it is secured in position within the casing to the floor thereof, as indicated in the drawings. The casing B is made of such dimensions'and capacity as will fit it for the purpose of containing the mechanism mounted and secured therein. 'lhe casing is provided with cordapertures 9, through which the puh-cords pass. In the casing at each end thereof, are mounted the heller-inging mechanism, duplicates in parts and construction, and operatingr the saine, except that their pulling force is in opposite directions. Therefore the description ot' `one applies to both. Referring more particularly to Fig. 3, this t mechanism com prises a verticalshaft 1U, jou rnaled across the casing andhaving an angular part 1l and around part 12. On the part 11 is mounted to turn with the shaft a suitable grooved pulley or spool 13, and contiguous to the lower end of the pulleylis'loosely mounted a ratchet-wheel 14, secured to or made part of a disk 15, whichturns with the ratchet loose on the shaft. On the shalt 10, closely adjacent to the disk, is fixed a small ratchet-wheel 16, engaged by a pawl 17, pivotally mounted on the face of the disk. On the pulley or spool 13 is attached one end of a cord 18, the other end being anchored to a suitable point near the outer end of the slide in the casing.

19 designates a coll-spring having one end anchored to a stationary point iu the casing and the other end fastened to the shaft and so arranged that when the cord, is extended the spring will be wound up, and when the slide is moved to open the 'case the spring will turn the spool, take up the cord or wire, and turn the ratchet 14 with the shaft.

Midway between the winding mechanism is mounted a bell 20, and pivotally mounted in the casing are two hammers or clappers 21, one end of which impacts with the bell and the other ends engage the ratchet 14'.

It Will now be perceived that when the slides are closed and either one be released, the spring will take up the cord on the spool, and also turn the ratchet 14 with the shaft,

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and because of theengagement of the end of the clapper therewith that will be oscillated to strike the bell and sound the alarm.

It will be observed that a single device may be used for a case having a single slide.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The combination with the closing slide of a show-case, of a casing secured in the show- 2. The combination with the parallel closing slides of a show-case, of a casing mounted in the casing, duplicate shaftsk journaled in the casing, a spool fixedly secured on each shaft, cords extending from the spools to the outer ends of the slides, combined disks and ratchets loosely mounted on. the shafts, a ratchet fixed on the shafts, pawls on the disks to engage the fixed ratchets, springs to actuate the shafts, a bell interposed between the shafts and the rnechanisms,and clappers actuated bythe loose ratchets, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WARREN KINZY.

Witnesses:

JOHN V. CoALE, R. T. CHILDS. 

